Covering 1,700 square miles, Utah's Great Salt Lake is the biggest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere.

Beale Street in downtown Memphis was officially declared the "Home of the Blues" by an act of Congress in 1977.

Many ridiculed Secretary of State William Seward for purchasing Alaska from Russia in 1867. But he turned out to be quite the shrewd businessman.

The waterfalls of Hawaii's Mount Wai'ale'ale are so picturesque, abundant, and untouched, Steven Spielberg shot parts of his original dino thriller there.

The old mill town of Lowell was named for an industrial pioneer who helped give birth to Massachusetts' and America's industrial age.

Eighty million years ago, western Kansas was underwater; the remains of what lived in the sea then turned into chalk, eventually eroding into the large rocks that now tower over the flat countryside.

The breathtaking beaches and quaint seaside cottages of Martha's Vineyard make it a dream vacation destination for many of its visitors - some of which include presidents, celebrities, and even one famous, fictional shark.

Forbidding mountains were no match for Daniel Boone. When he was hired by a wealthy businessman to forge a trail through the Cumberland Gap, he emerged on the other side of the mountain two weeks later.

For the Osage Nation of Missouri, signing an 1808 peace treaty with the U.S. government was the beginning of a path to betrayal and broken promises.

Whether on foot, by raft or from a car, no experience of the White Mountain National Forest beats the view from above.